Bath tray



RASQSZ 7 S. C. WOOD BATH TRAY Filed July 5, 1922 l l A 1 r l.

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SIDNEY C. WOOD, OF JMIIESTONN, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHAUJA'UQ HYENCINSTITUTE, INC., OF JAMESTOWN, NEVI YORK, A CORPORATION DE NEV YORK.

BATH TRAY.

Application led July 3,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it knovvn that l, SIDNEY C. VVooD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bath Trays, of whichthe following is a specilication.

My present invention has reference to a bath tray designed to beattached to a bath tub for supporting a person in a convenient recliningposition when given a vapor bath, vaginal douche, enema, or othertreatment.

An object is to produce a bath tray comprising a canvas or other fabricbody having means whereby the same can be adjustably attached to the rimof a bath tub to provide a comfortable support for the head, body andlimbs of a patient when positioned thereon at convenient angles forvarious treatments.

A further object is to produce a bath tray head portion of the tub, saidbody being provided With a plurality of transverse and a singlelongitudinal reinforcing strap at the center of the angle end thereof,all of said straps having adjustable hooks on the ends thereof to engagethe rim of the tub, While non-yieldable elements are embeddeo` in theedges of the body between the transverse and reinforcing straps thereof,to prevent sagging of the body when in operative position but permittingthe same to assume positions most convenient 'to the patient recliningor sitting thereon.

lt is' a still further object to produce a bath tray Which shall beadjustable when attached to a bath tub, which is effectively reinforcedto support persons of v rying Weights, and Which is of a constructionthat will permit of the same beingfolded to produce a small compactpackage for storage or conveyance.

It is a still further object to produce a bath tray that shall be of acomparatively simple construction, cheaply manufactured and marketed andthoroughly effective for the purposes for Which it is devised.

The foregoing, and other objects which Will present themselves as thenature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by aconstruction, combination and operative association of parts such as is1922. Serial No. 572,431.

disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of thisapplication.

In the dra-Wings:-

Figure l is a perspective vieiv showing the improvement in appliedposition on a bath tub.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view with parts broken away and parts insection` Figure 8 is a perspective vieiv showing the tray folded.

As disclosed by the drawings, my improved bath tray comprises a body o?canvas or other suitable fabric. The body, broadly indicated by thenumeral l one of its ends substantially Li-shaped to provide the headportion 2. The head portion 2 has its angle edges folded upon itself andstitched together, as at 3. The head portion 2, at the juncture of thebody l, has secured upon its under face by stitches e a transverselyarranged strap 5, the same being also preferably constructed of fabric,and on the ends of the strap 5 there are adjustably secured hooks G, itbeing noted from the drawings that the strap 5 extends a suitable dibeyond the edges of the sheet l. A n

L@ stitched to the strap 5 and to the head portion 2 of the sheet lthere is a longitudinally extending strap 7, the-latter projecting asuitable distance beyond the head portion i?. and having adjustablysecured on its crd a hook 8.

Un the under face at the outer end or body sheet l there is atransversely strap El suitably stitched to the and to the edge of thesheet vliinh if upon itself at this end thereof. Tl 9 also extends aconvenient distance b the edges of the body sheet and has a ablyattached. to its ends hooks l0.

Approximately centrally between the straps 5 and 9 there is stitched onthe under face of the body sheet l a transverse strap ll, the samehar-.ring its ends extending a suitable distance beyond the edges of thebody strip and having attached thereto adjustable hooks l2. lll of thestraps are secured to the fabric sheet by tivo lines of stitching, asclearly illustrated in the draW- ings, so that the straps in addition toproviding supporting means for the sheet also serve as reinforcementstherefor.

The edges of the sheet are folded upon themselves under the body, thesaid folded portions being secured to the body by double rows ofstitching, indicated bythe numeral 13. These folds provide pockets forlight cross sectionally rounded rods la, The rods may be of wood`aluminum, or other light material.

The fabric body l is of a less length than that of the tub on which itis arranged. By providing the body with the V-shaped end this portionthereof can be properly received in the rounded head end of the tub. TheV-shaped end or head of the body permits of a pillow being arrangedthereon and over the rounded end of the tub for the coinfort of thepatient when reclining on the bddy. lVhile the body is not of a. lengthto wholly receive the legs of the patient thereon, the same is of suchlength to permit of the feet of the patient resting on the outer edge orfoot end of the body when the patients legs are bent at the knees. Byproviding a body of such length, ample space is left between the end andthe foot portion of the tub to permit of the feet of the `user beingreceived in the tub so that the feet of a person may be washed withoutnecessitating the immersion of his body in the water or without theemployment of the ordinary seat generally used for this purpose.

The body portion of the sheet is centrally provided with a line ofspaced longitudinally arranged openings each of which being reinforcedby a rivet l5, while the portion of the sheet between the straps 9 and1l, in a line with the central rivet l `theiein is provided withadditional openings that are also reinforced by rivets 1G. Thereinforced openings provide means whereby water or othr fluid willescape from the sheet into the bath tub.

las disclosed in Figure l of the drawings, theihoolrs on the respectivestraps are adjusted with respect to the body sheet l and brought overthe rim of the bath tub 17. The adjustment of the hooks permits of thebody sheet boing arranged at any angle when supported in the bath tub sothat the tray can be successfully used for administering douches, orenemas, while in addition thereto the tray is also designed for use ingiving vapor baths to a patient, shampooing a person as well as asupport for infants when being washed, and as a matter of fact the traymay be conveniently used for a great many other purposes.

The tray, as stated, is adjustable so that the same may be brought toany desired anthe rods let in the edges of the tray holding the saineagainst folding or buckling, while the arrangement of the straps betweenthe rods permit of the body being folded to a small com )act )ackaffefor storave or con-v 2:;

veyance, as illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings. I

Having described the invention, I claim l. A tray designed to bearranged n the top of and to be supported from the rimmed edge of a bathtub, comprising a fabric body of a less length than that of the tub,said body having a V-shaped end designed to be received in the roundedhead portion of the tub, equi-distantly spaced transverse strapsstitched to the under face of the body and extending beyond the edgesthereof, adjustable means on the ends of said straps to engage thebeaded edge of the tub, a longitudinally arranged strap disposedcentrally beneath the V-shaped end of the body, projecting therebeyond,stitched to the body and to the transverse strap adjacent thereto, meanson the end of the said longitudinal stra-p to engage the bead at thehead of the tub, and non-yieldable reinforcing elements embedded in theedges of the body between said transverse straps, all as and for thepurpose set forth.

Q. A tray for bath tubs comprising a fabric body of a length less thanthat of the bath tub having an angle end to be received in the roundedhead portion of the tub, equi-distantly spaced transversely arrangedstraps stitched to the under 'face of the body and projecting beyond theedges thereof, adjustable means on the ends of said straps to engage thesides of the rim of the bath tub, a longitudinally arranged strapsecured to one of said transverse straps and stitched centrally to theunder face of the angle end of the body and extending therebeyond, ad.justable means on said strap for engaging the head portion of the rim ofthe bath tub, said body having its edges between the transverse strapsfolded under the body and stitched thereto to provide pockets, and a rodmember received .in each of said pockets.

ln testimony whereof I arflix my signature.

SIDNEY C. WOOD.

